Re: Dacian Sounds Laws - (1) Short Vowels

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> 2. PIE *h2e > PIE *a > Dacian a
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> 2.a
> Dacian *Apus (attested Apos) (-> see Pokorny too) < *h2ep- 'water'
> Dacian *DZald-apa (attested Zaldapa) < *gHolh3-dH- + *h2ep-
> eh2 'golden water(s)'
> Romanian: apa 'water'
> Cognates: in Sanskrit, Baltic, Tocharian etc...

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Isn't 'apa' the expected outcome in Rum. of the Latin 'aquam', even
if it accidentally mimics another I.-E. root?
Dan